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13 faculty retirees earn recognition at LU ceremony

Thirteen retirees – representing more than 400 years of teaching excellence at Lamar University – received recognition April 20 during the university’s annual faculty awards ceremony.

These faculty members have retired or will retire during the 2010-2011 academic year, listed according to length of service:

Michael Warren, Beaumont, professor and former chair, Department of Biology, 45 years. Warren was the longest-serving department chair in the history of the university, said Kevin Smith, senior associate provost.

Keith Hansen, Beaumont, professor and former chair, Department of Chemistry, 44 years.

Dale Ortego, Beaumont, regents’ professor of chemistry and former chair, Department of Chemistry, 43 years.

John Storey, Port Neches, regents’ professor of history and former chair, Department of History, 43 years.

Malcolm Veuleman, Beaumont, professor and former chair, Department of Accounting, 41 years.

Sarah Matheny, Beaumont, assistant professor of professional pedagogy, 40 years.

Glenn Utter, professor and former chair, Department of Political Science, 39 years.

Lynne Lokensgard, Beaumont, university professor of art history and former director, Dishman Art Museum, 38 years.

Also at the ceremony, Lamar honored Peggy Doerschuk, professor of computer science, as the 2011 University Professor and presented University Merit Awards to assistant professors Chiung-Fang Chang, sociology, and James Curry and Xinyu Liu, industrial engineering.